Model comparison

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs Gemini 2.0 Pro

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.

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C4ai Aya Expanse 8b Cohere

34.9

Rank #229 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 75.5 to 60.1.
  • C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Gemini 2.0 Pro specifications
C4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
ProviderCohereGoogle
Noometry Index34.939.1
Released—2025-02-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
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Results tracked1514

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
Aider Polyglot—35.6%
LiveBench Coding—63.5%
LMArena Coding1160—

Reasoning Too close to call

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
EnigmaEval—0.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—60.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1156—
LiveBench Data Analysis—68%
Epoch Capabilities Index—135.06
LiveBench—65.1%

Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Math—71%
LMArena Math1168—
MATH Level 5—83.5%

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
GPQA Diamond—65.7%
Confabulations—18.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—
LMArena Expert1153—

Multilingual Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English1180—
LMArena Chinese1181—
LMArena German1188—
LMArena Japanese1120—
LMArena Russian1197—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following—83.4%
LMArena Instruction Following1155—

Long Context C4ai Aya Expanse 8b leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
Fiction.LiveBench—41.7%
LMArena Longer Query1191—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Text1185—
LMArena Creative Writing1168—
LMArena Multi-Turn1160—
LiveBench Language—44.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than Gemini 2.0 Pro?

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b or Gemini 2.0 Pro better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and Gemini 2.0 Pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14.

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